In the study, fear of losing knowledge power can be defined as the knowledge contributors’ perception that sharing knowledge may result in the loss of power and associated personal value derived from their knowledge. Many studies have found that fear of losing knowledge power is a key concern related to knowledge sharing, and one that leads to knowledge hoarding (Orlikowski, 1993; Davenport & Prusak, 1998; Kankanhalli et al., 2005).